Eter Metreveli “Mutual Frustration”Georgian National Museum presents the exhibition “Mutual Frustration” by Eter Metreveli at Tbilisi History Museum.
The exhibition showcases 15 paintings of the artist. The artistic concept of the exhibition reflects the response of the developed trend. The artistic progression “New Objectivity” emerged between the First and the Second World Wars utilizes strict realism and maximum accuracy to depict the reality. The exhibited artworks refer to the severe themes of the reality and its transformation.
Eter Metreveli graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts the faculty of Restoration. After that, she moved to France and graduated Bachelors and Masters of Fine Arts Faculty of the Valencian University. The artist has annually participated in the university’s art exhibitions that contributed to the creation of her artistic searches.
The project gives the opportunity to consider the latest trends its searches of Georgian modern art.
18:00Ioseb Grishashvili Tbilisi History Museum (Karvasla)
8, Sioni Str. Tbilisi, Georgia from - September 18 till - October 4

Georgian National Museum presents the exhibition "Unity in Diversity.
Bristol & Tbilisi: 1988 -2018" in Tbilisi History Museum. The exhibition is dedicated to the 30th Anniversary of twinning and friendship of Bristol (United Kingdom) and Tbilisi.
Twinning started as a movement after the Second World War as way for people from different countries and cultures to become friends and gain a greater understanding of each other.
Bristol and Tbilisi were twinned in 1988 when Georgia was still part of the Soviet Union.
The exhibition will showcase the development of the cultural, educational and civic relationship between the two cities from the beginning to present day.
The exhibition will bring together Georgian and British artists, who participated in different art exhibitions and festivals in Tbilisi and Bristol during 30 years, as well as other internationally recognized artists and emerging talent from both cities.
Among artists are: Martyn Grimmer, Jemal Gugunava, Megan Hoyle, Benjamin Jones, Mariele Neudecker, Maggie Royle, Thea Gvetadze, Mamuka Japaridze, Maia Naveriani, Koka Ramishvili, Guram Tsibakhashvili, Iliko Zautashvili, Lali Ayers, Andrew Burns Colwill, Martin Edwards, Mark Haywand, Bacha Khoperia (Dr. Love), Rosie McLay, Yuri Mechitov, Oto Tsagareishvili, Tamuna Tsakhnakia (Tamoonz).
18:00Ioseb Grishashvili Tbilisi History Museum (Karvasla)
8, Sioni Str. Tbilisi, Georgia from - September 19 till - October 4

Georgian Wine Festival 2018
12:00-19:00
Georgian wine producers are preparing for the Grand Festival, where small, medium and large winemakers will present their wines to the festival guests by organizing the wine online shop and media portal allwine.ge and "Maidan Group".Sioni Street

Exhibition “Red Terror and Georgian Artists“
Georgian National Museum presents the exhibition “Red Terror and Georgian Artists” at GNM, Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia.
The mass repressions known as the “Red Terror"- the powerful weapon directed towards total control - touched upon all layers and age categories of society.
The mass repressions hit Georgian and foreign artists living in Georgia as well, their creative and public activities had been counting decades for 1937-1938.
They stood in the vanguard of the country’s art processes. Henryk Hryniewski, Dimitri Shevadnadze, Vakhtang Kotetishvili, Richard Sommer, Petre Otskheli and many more were accused of either counterrevolutionary activities or espionage and were executed.
Kiril Zdanevich, Ivane Pataridze and Vasily Shukhaev spent years in expatriation.
Ria Mikadze and Nino Zaalishvili were charged as “Family members of public enemies” - repressions took everything they had, sometimes even their lives.
Those who survived being executed or expatriated, still continued to live in conditions of limited freedom of expression and their creative life suffered the pressure under Tsarist and later Communist Russia.
Opening: December 11, 2018 6 pmSimon Janashia Museum of Georgia
3, Sh. Rustaveli Ave. Tbilisi, Georgia from - December 11 till - March 1

Monologue - solo exhibition of Vakho Khetaguri
Georgian National Museum presents a retrospective solo exhibition of Georgian photographer Vakho Khetaguri at Tbilisi History Museum.
The exhibition examines the interaction of randomness, visible and invisible, memory and material, and tries to answer the questions: how do these concepts translate into the language of the material? How does clay answer the aesthetic tasks? How the functionality and physicality of clay are transformed into a visual concept?
Vakho Khetaguri is one of the featured representatives of the new generation of Georgian photography. Retrospective exhibition displays 12 series of the author, created in eight different countries and covers various genres of photography – conceptual, documentary and photojournalism. Khetaguri successfully delivers an emotional story line while providing a deep analyze of the project theme. He mainly focuses on social documentary and introspective photo projects in which, his visual style is characterized by black-and-white poetic murkiness, combined with a dreamy atmosphere.
Exhibition opening: February 2, 2019 4 pm
Exhibition Duration: February 2-15, 2019
Address: Ioseb Grishashvili Tbilisi History Museum (Karvasla) Sioni Str. 8, Tbilisi, Georgia Ioseb Grishashvili Tbilisi History Museum (Karvasla)
8 Sioni Str. from - February 2 till - February 15

Week of Georgian animated films will be opened on March 22 at the National Archives Cinema.
The first screening of the project will be held in the cinema of the National Archives of Georgia on March 22-28: The 9th short Georgian cartoon preserved in the Georgian National Archives and the Georgian studio "Georgian Film", which has already been restored.
Attendance is free.
schedule:
March 22 - 18:00
23 March - 15:00, 18:00
24-27 March - 15:00
28 March - 19:00
„წუნა და წრუწუნა“ (1962 წელი)
„ბომბორა სწავლას იწყებს“ (1973 წელი)
„სახლობანა“ (1973 წელი)
„საზამთრო“ (1974 წელი)
„თერძი ბესო“ (1977 წელი)
„ხელმარჯვე ოსტატის საჩუქარი“ (1983 წელი)
„ყარყატის შვილობილი“ (1985 წელი)
„მძლეთამძლე“ (1991 წელი)
„სანუკვარი ოცნება“ (1989 წელი). National Archives Cinema
Vazha Pshavela Ave. 1 / Pekin Ave. 40http://www.info-tbilisi.com/galleryofnationalarchivesfrom - March 22 till - March 28

Georgian National Museum and Warsaw Rising Museum presents the exhibition “Warsaw Rising 1944” at Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia, Soviet Occupation exhibition hall.
The exhibition is introduced by the quotation “We wanted to be free and owe this freedom to nobody” by the Polish government Deputy Prime Minister Jan Stanisław Jankowski on September 1, 1944, which expresses the gist of the Rising.
The exhibit reflects military, political, historical and human aspects of struggle for independence during the 63 days of Warsaw Rising in 1944.
Exhibition opening: April 11, 5 pm
Duration: April 11-30, 2019
Venue: Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia, 3, Shota Rustaveli Ave. Tbilisi, Georgia
Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia
3, Sh. Rustaveli Ave. Tbilisi, Georgia from - April 11 till - April 30

Solo Exhibition by Felix VarlamishviliThe presentation of Varla’s album and the exhibition will be held on January 23, 2019 at 5 pm. Organizer of the event: Chardin Art Gallery and Georgian National Museum
Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery
Georgian National Museum presents Felix Varlamishvili (Varla) solo exhibition at the D. Shevardnadze National Gallery.
The wide audience will see more than 60 artworks of the author from Georgian National Museum and private collections for the first time.
Shota Rustaveli Ave. 11http://www.info-tbilisi.com/galleryofnationalarchives/from - January 23 till - February 24

Bernini and Roman BaroqueAfter the works of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Botticelli, Titian and other great Italian artists, the Georgian National Museum and the Embassy of Italy in Georgia present the exhibition "Bernini's School and the Roman Baroque".The exhibition "Bernini School and Roman Baroque" at the Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery showcases the masterpieces of Bernini and other Italian masters of XVII century from the Roman Baroque Museum near Rome, "Palazzo Chigi in Ariccia". The exhibition presents about 60 works including painting and graphic portraits, self-portraits, landscapes; bronze medals and medallions, palace decorations, leather and silk hangers, decorative lamp; Preparations for frescos designed for religious buildings and etc.
Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery
Shota Rustaveli Ave. 11from - September 11 till - September 25

National Archives of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia hosts Canadian Film Days. The retrospective includes four screenings of Canadian feature, documentary and animation films.1, Vazha-Pshavela Ave.
23 September. 12:00.
Animation and experimental film programme for children
Begone Dull Care
Walking
Christmas at Moose Factory
The Juggler
The Cat Came Back
The Blackfly Song
Boy Who Saw the Iceberg
Me and My Moulton
Kuujjuaq Hockey
23 September. 19:00.
THE LITTLE GIRL WHO WAS TOO FOND OF MATCHES
24 September. 19:00.
NEVER STEADY, NEVER STILL
25 September. 19:00.
THE HUNTERS
ANGRY INUKfrom - September 23 till - September 25

Photo Exhibition “Diego and Frida. A Smile in the middle of the way”
“Diego and Frida. A Smile in the middle of the way” – Georgian National Museum, The Embassy of the United States in Georgia and The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia at Sighnaghi Museum present the photo exhibition from Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo House-Studio Museum (Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo).
The exhibition depicting the personal life of this well-known couple of the 20th century, for the first time was presented in 2002 at Diego Rivera and the Frieda Kallo House-Studio Museum. After that, the exhibition travels to different countries
Exposition at Sighnaghi Museum displays about 100 photographs depicting daily life, second marriage, working process at their studio of notable couple of Mexican Art history. Many photographers shot their relationship, including Guillermo Kahlo, Peter Julie, Guillermo Zamora, Nicolas Murray, Edward Weston, Manuel Álvarez Bravo and Juan Guzmán.
16:00Sighnaghi Museum, 8, Shota Rustaveli Blind-alley, Sighnaghi, Georgia

The exhibition “Gathering”
Georgian National Museum in the framework of the project “Contemporary Art Gallery”, presents the exhibition “Gathering” at the Tbilisi History Museum (Karvasla).
The exhibition presents the part of the project “From local to global” and shows the works created during the two-week workshop by the British and Georgian artist. “Gathering” means a group of people who get together and the act of collecting, searching and assembling.
Arteli-Racha has become a special place for artists for two weeks. The workshop has created space for studying and experimenting the environment, observing active processes of learning from each other and exploring unknown and familiar together. It has created the platform for describing cultural differences and prospects for further cooperation and exchanges for British and Georgian artists.
Ioseb Grishashvili Tbilisi History Museum (Karvasla)
8 Sioni Str. from - October 18 till - November 2

The exhibition pavilion of the National Archive of the Ministry of Justice on October 19 at 18:30 will open an exhibition of archival documents and photographs about the relations between Georgia and Italy, entitled "The history of friendship between Georgia and Italy."
The event will be attended by the Ambassador of Italy Antonio Enrico Bartoli, the Ministry of Justice, the diplomatic corps, and representatives of state educational institutions.
The exhibition will show documents confirming the friendship of the two countries, letters and photographs from the 17th century to the present day.

The exhibition "Diego and Frida. A Smile in the middle of the way” depicting the personal life of this well-known couple of the 20th century, for the first time was presented in 2002 at Diego Rivera and the Frieda Kallo House-Studio Museum. After that, the exhibition travels to different countries.
Exposition displays about 100 photographs depicting daily life, second marriage, the working process at their studio of a notable couple of Mexican Art history. Many photographers shot their relationship, including Guillermo Kahlo, Peter Julie, Guillermo Zamora, Nicolas Murray, Edward Weston, Manuel Álvarez Bravo and Juan Guzmán.
The relationship between Diego and Frida lasted for 25 years - from marriage (1929) to Fridas' death (1954). Their marriage was full of love, hatred and war. They repeatedly separated and reconciled. In spite of disagreements and separation, both learned to love one another and keep up the relationship.Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia
3, Sh. Rustaveli Avefrom - October 30 till - November 4

Georgian National Museum in cooperation with the Katyn Museum, the division of the Polish Army Museum in Warsaw and the Polish Institute in Tbilisi, present the exhibition "Katyn - It has been an unusual morning" at Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia, Soviet Occupation Exhibition Hall.
The exhibition is dedicated to the Katyń Massacre - to the fate of the victims of Soviet occupation during the Second World War.
The Katyń Massacre - the murder of about 22,000 Polish POWs and prisoners captured after 17 September 1939 perpetrated by the NKVD in the spring of 1940, which left a heavy mark on the pages of Polish history. The story of the Katyń massacres is not limited to the time of the tragic events but extends to their implications and all actions were undertaken after 1940: reprisals against the prisoners' families, deportations, a whole spectrum of persecutions, destructive propaganda and decades of silence from the international community regarding the Soviet atrocities. The mass executions were only the beginning of the harsh fate the Polish people would suffer under Soviet occupation.
Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia
3, Sh. Rustaveli Ave. Tbilisi, Georgia from - November 6 till - November 30

Lia Bagrationi – “A Mad Tea-Party”
Georgian National Museum in the framework of the Project “Contemporary Art Gallery” presents the solo exhibition of Lia Bagrationi “A Mad Tea-Party” at Tbilisi History Museum.
Lia Bagrationi's personal exhibition "A Mad Tea Party" is the exposition created by the artist's recent works in all three halls of the Tbilisi History Museum. The Exhibition represents completely new projects as well as older ones with more or less visual transformations.
The exhibition examines the interaction of randomness, visible and invisible, memory and material, and tries to answer the questions: how do these concepts translate into the language of the material? How does clay answer the aesthetic tasks? How the functionality and physicality of clay are transformed into a visual concept?
The project comprises a three-day workshop in collaboration with the artists: Manuel Canu (Denmark) and Alexandra Engelfriet (The Netherlands), as well as a roundtable and a presentation of the catalog.
The project “Contemporary Art Gallery” was elaborated in 2016 by the Georgian National Museum, with the support of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia. The project aims at the supporting and promotion of the artists working in contemporary arts both locally and internationally.
Author of Project: Lia Bagrationi; Curator: Magda Guruli; Coordinator: Lika Mamatsashvili
Exhibition opening: November 29, 19:00
Workshop: November 30, December 1 and 2, 11:00 – 13:00
Round Table: December 8, 14:00 -16:00
Exhibition Duration: November 29, 2018 - January 20, 2019
Address: Ioseb Grishashvili Tbilisi History Museum (Karvasla) Sioni Str. 8, Tbilisi, Georgia Ioseb Grishashvili Tbilisi History Museum (Karvasla)
8 Sioni Str. from - November 29 till - December 20